Garment-holder



W.-L. WALKER.

GARMENT HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 7. 1919.

152223, 1 30. Patented Nov. 25, 1919.

- INVENTOR. BY lVfilValfi'aij ATTORNEY.

WITNESSES.

WILLIAM L. WALKER, 0F PORTLAND, MAINE.

GARMENT-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 25, 1919.

Application filed July 7, 1919. Serial No. 309,078.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM L. WALKER a citizen of the United States, residing at Portland, in the county of Cumberland and State of Maine, have invented new and useful Improvements in Garment-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in garment hangers and the principal object of the invention is to provide means whereby the hanger may be folded so that it willoccupy but little space when not in use.

Another object of the invention is to make the device of but two pieces of wire so that it may be manufactured to sell at low cost.

The invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing my invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure l is a viewof the device in extended position;

Fig. 2 is a view of the device in folded position.

' As shown in these views, the device consists of the two parts 1 and 2. Each part is made of a single piece of wire looped intermediate its ends to provide the sleeve-supporting extremities 3. Adjacent the looped portion, the wire is twisted together as at 4 to secure the two parts together and also to stiffen the device. One end part of the wire 1 is extended and bent upwardly at right angles as at 5 and then hooked as at 6 to provide the hook for the hanger. The other end of this part 1 is extended beyond the hook part and at its extremity is provided with an ofiset portion 7 and a hook 8 which extends laterally, as shown. The part has one of its ends terminating at the twisted part while its other end is extended and coiled about the straight part 5 of the member 1. In this way the two parts are hinged together so that they may be folded one upon the other, as shown in Fig. 2. The extended part of the member 2 is adapted to enter the hook 8 on the part 1 when the parts are inextended position, as shown in Fig. l.

IVhen the parts are to be folded the part 2 is slightly raised to. free its extended part from the hook 8 and then the parts are turned until part 2 lies over part 1. In this position the hanger will occupy but little space and may be placed in a suitcase or trunk. When the device is to be used the parts are unfolded and by placing the extended portion of part 2 in the hook 8 on part 1 the two parts will be firmly connected together and the device may be used as an ordinary hanger.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of my invention will be readily apparent.

I desire it to be understood that I may make changes in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall with in the scope of the appended claim.

lVhat I claim is A garment hanger of the class described composed of two parts, each part being formed of a single piece of wire looped and twisted together, one end of the wire of one part being formed into an upwardly extending hook and the other end of this wire being extended and having a small hook at its extremity, one end of the other part being coiled around the upwardly extending hook to hinge the two parts together.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

WILLIAM L. WALKER. 

